I’m not big on New Year’s resolutions. This year, while I stuck to my resolution-less guns as usual and made zero plans to change my life on Jan. 1, I did set a big goal to meet before the end of 2012: complete 60,000 words of my new novel in progress. And I’m happy to [...]

Last week, I was taking a nice long walk in the Cleveland Metroparks when I came to a loop crowded with runners. They appeared to be training for some sort of marathon or half-marathon or whatever crazy distance real runners can handle. (Instead of certain other people who jog for 1.5 miles and then have [...]

By the time you read this, I will already be well into my writing retreat. But before I left, I made a list of some of my goals: • Figure out and finish revisions to Part III of my novel. • Address other revisions/edits/structural changes in the novel. • Practice reading aloud from Living Arrangements [...]

I’m not one for resolutions or outlining all my goals for 2011. (What are my goals, anyway? Just to keep writing and revising as I have been, I suppose.) I can say that 2010 has been a good year. It was the year I finally stepped up and started sending out my stories after a [...]

When I started writing this post, it had an entirely different message. See that little green gummi bear? That was supposed to be me, feeling left out because I’m not doing NaNoWriMo even though it seems like everyone else in the world is. I’ve never done NaNoWriMo. I’ve been telling myself that I should give [...]

It wasn’t something I planned. I certainly didn’t look ahead and decide, I think I’ll start the new year with an insane writing schedule that will ultimately bring me to tears by week three. It just sort of happened. As of last fall, I’d written the first 5 chapters, or roughly 20,000 words, of my [...]